you are on the brink of sanity
so close to breaking
and then suddenly, someone shows you compassion
and you feel as though for the first time
someone understands you, or at least...
someone is trying to
you are tempted to grasp this chance
to be spilled with hope in your veins once more
like a child running, a kite of hope following behind
you desperately wish for the affection to be true that
you lie to yourself
you pretend to be blind of the signs that are right in front of you
the truth is laid out and bare and yet
and yet... you keep yourself blinded
you remain oblivious to the fact that
all of the sympathy and compassion is feigned
you are afraid of the truth
because the truth has broken you countless times
it has destroyed the very last fibre of hope you have
and it has left you with nothing but your empty rib cage
void of a heart, hollow,
unable to experience dreams and happiness
and your once beautiful soul is vandalized and broken
the truth unfolds
August 2016